APPENDIX C1

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*         A NEW COMPUTER-BASED ONLINE ENVIRONMENT          *
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As part of the course, the student will learn to communicate 
with the teacher via a new Computer-based online system.

The system uses the exciting new developments made recently 
on the INTERNET, a world wide network linking some 20 
million people, via thousands of UNIX machines.

From the start of the course, you will have to learn the 
HTML hypertext language, so that your class project becomes 
part of the network.

You will have to organize your directory according to 
precise guidelines.

Then, as you go through the course outline, you will access 
documents and tutorials that will provide you with the 
necessary information to follow the class.

As you work through the course, you will develop, in your 
Unix account, a main menu to give, to your instructor, 
access to your projects and assignments.

To make the communication between students and teachers more 
efficient, you will need to provide timely information, 
concerning the status of your assignments and projects, and 
the difficulties you are encountering in doing the 
assignments.

Your main menu will have entries you will update regularly, 
to make sure that timely information always provides 
accurate information.

* Every time you complete or update a segment of your 
  project, specify the date of modification.

* Use your weekly log to keep track of the status of the 
  problems you are encountering, marking a problem as: 

  i)   waiting for an answer
  ii)  problem solved
  iii) answer did not solve problem

This new Computer-based Online system should improve 
considerably the level of interaction between the teacher 
and the students.

This system has been experimented now for several 
consecutive terms. Its purpose is to reproduce as faithfully 
as possible traditional class settings:

a) By posting your projects in your accounts and making them 
   available to the class, we will reproduce the traditional
   class situation where a student presents his/her work to 
   the class.

b) By making your questions and my answers available to the
   class through a 'Daily e-mail' entry, we will reproduce 
   the traditional problem solving class discussion.

c) By reorganizing your work into a well presented paper to 
   be submitted as a midterm project and as a final project
   is important for evaluation purposes.

d) Finally, ECR's given at regular intervals are important
   to check on your status and to solve quickly major 
   difficulties that could arise during the term.
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